#BOTD in #ChineseHistory: Wang Tao 王韜 (1828–1897), translator, traveller, writer. Together with James Legge (1815–1897), he translated The #ChineseClassics. Living in #Oxford from 1867 to 1870, he recorded his impressions about places he visited in and along the way to #Europe.
You can't do a death-defying Evel Knievel motorcycle stunt if you're not old enough to ride a motorcycle - you start off doing them on bicycles. So here's the man himself selling a bunch of bicycles.
Heute vor 117 Jahren, am 14.10.1906, wurde die politische Theoretikerin Hannah Arendt geboren. Könnte es einen geeigneteren Tag für unseren ersten Post auf Mastodon geben?
Das @HAIT_TUD wurde 1993 gegründet, um Demokratien und Diktaturen aus interdisziplinärer, politik- & geschichtswissenschaftlichem Sicht zu untersuchen. Damit greifen wir auf, hinterfragen und denken weiter, was im Zentrum der weitreichenden Überlegungen Arendts zum Totalitarismus steht.
#art#history: 'i want the film to start when you leave the auditorium.' 'mon oncle', the first of jacques tati's films to be released in colour, is a visual & emotional treat - plus, as tati (born #otd in 1907) loved #dogs & recognised their innate sense of humour, he gave them starring roles in the film. once wrapped, jacques ensured that they were all adopted by placing an advert that highlighted their celebrity status. every dog was soon scooped up into a loving home. #inktober#jacquesTati
Born on this day, October 4:
Buster Keaton, actor, here showing off the bicycle he rides in the beginning of In The Good Old Summertime (1949).
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Buster! #BOTD
Born on this day, October 4, 1945:
Clifton Davis, actor, shown here in a Toronto production of Two Gentlemen of Verona, 1973.
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Clifton! #botd
Pierre #Bonnard#BOTD le 3 octobre 1867.
Novembre 2019, une chouette expo à Vienne. Pas trop de monde et, fait rare, un bel accrochage, bien éclairé (et pas trop comme c’est désormais le cas dans la plupart des expos temporaires, ce qui me désespère)
[je ne rédige pas de alt pour des toiles. désolé, mais je trouve que ça ne sert à rien]